You have been asked to de sign a controller with feedback fo

You have been asked to de- sign a controller with feedback for a small autonomous airplane that will ensure a safe and efficient passage over New York City. Describe this task in a controls framework by identifying the plant, one possible reference input, one control input, and two quantities you may want to sense as outputs. What kind of disturbances might the plant experience? Name two or more state variables that may be used to describe the system and explain your choice.

Solution

The plant of the framework will be the route will be following by the airplane.

The input will be time at which plane will be flying. Based on input and plant there will be two possible outputs can be achieved.

1. Altitude at which aircraft should fly.

2. Airspeed of an aircraft

Disturbances-

1. Birds fluttering

2. The other aircrafts flying from airports at the time when this aircraft is also flying

3. Weather conditions